The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) started on Tuesday, November 9 the posting of what will eventually become a series of TikTok videos on Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) which will be used in the May 2022 elections. (Screenshot from Namfrel's Tiktok video posted on its...
Verbal tussles continue to rage on around various social media platforms with the May 2022 elections nearing and one of the many topics or issues being raised online is why is it that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not doing anything about premature campaigning? Posters, tarpaulins,...
Hundreds of staff and volunteers were deployed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) nationwide to reinforce the vaccination drive in various local government units (LGUs), the agency said on Saturday, November 6, 2021. In a statement, PRC said that more than 2,300 people were vaccinated in one day...
The Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., from the presidential race, citing his 1995 conviction for tax evasion. Bongbong Marcos Jr. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) On Nov. 2, Task Force Detainees of PH,...
In terms of promoting “Catholic values and beliefs”, Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo garnered a high score in a recent survey conducted by Radyo Veritas. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) The Veritas Truth Survey (VTS) asked 2,400 respondents about their perception of who...
Most local tourists are planning to go on short road trips to hotels and resorts near Metro Manila as a breather amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic based on a recently concluded month-long online travel sale of a hotel marketing group. Twin Lakes Tagaytay (Photo from Hotel Sales and...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already made its move to trim down and filter the aspirants for the national position in the coming May 2022 elections. From the total of 569 aspirants, Comelec Education and Information Department Director Elaiza Sabile-David said in a webinar on Thursday,...
Members of the House of Representatives are urged by the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents to declare as null and void the motion for reconsideration on the approval of House Bill No. 10171 which would institutionalize the abrogated University of the Philippines-Department of...
Just a day after Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez flagged a “misleading” press release from the camp of former senator and presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., he said on Thursday, Nov. 4 that "misleading" articles are sometimes part of...
Kontra Daya has given their take on the unending issue of vote buying that has been going around for weeks and said that while it is wrong to encourage voters to take the money, they should not be judged should they choose to accept it. In an interview on ANC, the poll watchdog convenor Danilo Arao...
Kontra Daya is set to release their policy research on the country's party-list system for the May 2022 elections where they will identify party-list groups that are controlled either by political dynasties, big business groups and those that are engaged in "dubious" advocacies. In an interview on...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said about 400,000 more Filipinos were able to register during the voter registration extension period. Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said that the conduct of the extended period of voter registration from Oct. 11 to 30 was a success. "We think...